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Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings…The Guitar Solo is Back!

Rants April 27, 2010

No, I’m not just quoting scripture here. I’m stating a fact that the rising generation is signaling the return of the guitar solo.

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An Open Letter from OK Go: Why EMI won’t let you embed our video

Rants January 20, 2010

We’ve been flooded with complaints recently because our YouTube videos can’t be embedded on websites, and in certain countries can’t be seen at all. And we want you to know: we hear you, and we’re sorry. We wish there was something we could do. Believe us, we want you to pass our videos around more than you do, but, crazy as it may seem, it’s now far harder for bands to make videos accessible online than it was four years ago.

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My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement

Rants December 1, 2009

On the one hand, yeah, my band’s unrecouped and is unlikely ever to reach the point where Warner actually has to cut us a royalty check. On the other hand, though, they are contractually obligated to report what revenue they receive in our name, and, having helped build a database that tracks how much Rhapsody owes whom for what music gets played, I’m well aware of what is and isn’t complicated about doing so.

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Death to Carmina Burana

Rants September 29, 2008

I reach for my gun every time I hear Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’; and I hear it everywhere: TV, film, amateur videos on Youtube. I can’t think of a more pervasive piece of music utilized in media. Ever. Why is it? How is it? Yes, it’s an exhilarating composition with driving rhythms, bombast, and is widely accessible, given it was written in the 1930s. I just don’t understand the preeminent role [...]

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